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Victor mine, Kenora District, Ontario, Canadai
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Victor mineMine
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
52° 49' 36'' North , 83° 53' 7'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
52.82667,-83.88528
GeoHash:
G#: f1kke0u9e
GRN:
N36W37
Type:
Mine
KΓΆppen climate type:
Dfc : Subarctic climate
Owned/operated by:
De Beers Group of Companies (85%) - a group of companies owned by Anglo American plc
Mindat Locality ID:
205700
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:205700:5
GUID (UUID V4):
6ad51af2-d38f-4003-af24-83f675abcaa6


Open pit diamond mine 100km west of Attawapiskat, in BMA527834 township.

History

1984-86: Monopros Ltd.: regional sediment sampling program.
1986-87: Monopros Ltd.: airborne magnetic survey.
1988-89: Monopros Ltd. - ground magnetic survey, 8 ddh (1264.9 m).
1997- 1998: Monopros Ltd. - ground geophysical survey, 25 reverse circulation drill holes (1301.2 m), 24 302.4 kg sample, trenching.
2000-2002: Monopros Ltd. - 6 ddh (1862 m), geotechnical study, bulk sampling (10 000), airborne geophysics, pre-feasiibility study.
2007: De Beers Canada Inc. - mine development, DD-50-9016 m.
2008: DeBeers Canada Inc. - production commences

Geology

The kimberlite consists of two distinctive bodies. The Victor Main is the larger of the two bodies and may consist of up to three separate crater events. The Victor southwest is located to the southwest of the Victor Main pipe. It appears to be separated by a poorly delineated section of in-situ country rock. The kimberlite has been described as a hypabyssal macrocrystic to hypabyssal segregationary kimberlite locally containing Paleozoic limestone xenoliths or Paleozoic limestone breccia. Garnet, ilmenite and clinopyroxene megacrysts have been observed. Basement and mantle xenoliths are also present in the kimberlite. The garnets are almost exclusively G-9. Chromite is uncommon and has a chemistry that falls outside of the fields of chromite intergrown with diamond.

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11 valid minerals.

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β“˜ 'Apatite'
Formula: Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
β“˜ Calcite
Formula: CaCO3
β“˜ Chromite
Formula: Fe2+Cr3+2O4
β“˜ Diamond
Formula: C
β“˜ Diopside
Formula: CaMgSi2O6
β“˜ Diopside var. Chromium-bearing Diopside
Formula: Ca(Mg,Cr)Si2O6
β“˜ Dolomite
Formula: CaMg(CO3)2
β“˜ 'Fayalite-Forsterite Series'
β“˜ Hydroxylapatite
Formula: Ca5(PO4)3(OH)
β“˜ Ilmenite
Formula: Fe2+TiO3
β“˜ Magnetite
Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4
β“˜ Phlogopite
Formula: KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
β“˜ Rutile
Formula: TiO2
β“˜ 'Serpentine Subgroup'
Formula: D3[Si2O5](OH)4
β“˜ Spinel
Formula: MgAl2O4

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
β“˜Diamond1.CB.10aC
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
β“˜Chromite4.BB.05Fe2+Cr3+2O4
β“˜Magnetite4.BB.05Fe2+Fe3+2O4
β“˜Spinel4.BB.05MgAl2O4
β“˜Ilmenite4.CB.05Fe2+TiO3
β“˜Rutile4.DB.05TiO2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
β“˜Calcite5.AB.05CaCO3
β“˜Dolomite5.AB.10CaMg(CO3)2
Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates
β“˜Hydroxylapatite8.BN.05Ca5(PO4)3(OH)
Group 9 - Silicates
β“˜Diopside
var. Chromium-bearing Diopside		9.DA.15Ca(Mg,Cr)Si2O6
β“˜9.DA.15CaMgSi2O6
β“˜Phlogopite9.EC.20KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Unclassified
β“˜'Fayalite-Forsterite Series'-
β“˜'Serpentine Subgroup'-D3[Si2O5](OH)4
β“˜'Apatite'-Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hβ“˜ HydroxylapatiteCa5(PO4)3(OH)
Hβ“˜ PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Hβ“˜ Serpentine SubgroupD3[Si2O5](OH)4
Hβ“˜ ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
CCarbon
Cβ“˜ CalciteCaCO3
Cβ“˜ DiamondC
Cβ“˜ DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
OOxygen
Oβ“˜ CalciteCaCO3
Oβ“˜ Diopside var. Chromium-bearing DiopsideCa(Mg,Cr)Si2O6
Oβ“˜ ChromiteFe2+Cr23+O4
Oβ“˜ DiopsideCaMgSi2O6
Oβ“˜ DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
Oβ“˜ HydroxylapatiteCa5(PO4)3(OH)
Oβ“˜ IlmeniteFe2+TiO3
Oβ“˜ MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
Oβ“˜ PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Oβ“˜ RutileTiO2
Oβ“˜ SpinelMgAl2O4
Oβ“˜ Serpentine SubgroupD3[Si2O5](OH)4
Oβ“˜ ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
FFluorine
Fβ“˜ ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
MgMagnesium
Mgβ“˜ Diopside var. Chromium-bearing DiopsideCa(Mg,Cr)Si2O6
Mgβ“˜ DiopsideCaMgSi2O6
Mgβ“˜ DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
Mgβ“˜ PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Mgβ“˜ SpinelMgAl2O4
AlAluminium
Alβ“˜ PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Alβ“˜ SpinelMgAl2O4
SiSilicon
Siβ“˜ Diopside var. Chromium-bearing DiopsideCa(Mg,Cr)Si2O6
Siβ“˜ DiopsideCaMgSi2O6
Siβ“˜ PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Siβ“˜ Serpentine SubgroupD3[Si2O5](OH)4
PPhosphorus
Pβ“˜ HydroxylapatiteCa5(PO4)3(OH)
Pβ“˜ ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
ClChlorine
Clβ“˜ ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
KPotassium
Kβ“˜ PhlogopiteKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
CaCalcium
Caβ“˜ CalciteCaCO3
Caβ“˜ Diopside var. Chromium-bearing DiopsideCa(Mg,Cr)Si2O6
Caβ“˜ DiopsideCaMgSi2O6
Caβ“˜ DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
Caβ“˜ HydroxylapatiteCa5(PO4)3(OH)
Caβ“˜ ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
TiTitanium
Tiβ“˜ IlmeniteFe2+TiO3
Tiβ“˜ RutileTiO2
CrChromium
Crβ“˜ Diopside var. Chromium-bearing DiopsideCa(Mg,Cr)Si2O6
Crβ“˜ ChromiteFe2+Cr23+O4
FeIron
Feβ“˜ ChromiteFe2+Cr23+O4
Feβ“˜ IlmeniteFe2+TiO3
Feβ“˜ MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4

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Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines MDI Number: MDI43B13SW00005
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